STOCKTON – Little did California Highway Patrol officers know that in the middle of the night when they pulled over a car for having no rear license plate, the driver would turn out to be an active parolee from state prison in possession of a gun and drug paraphernalia.

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By The Record

Posted Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Updated Jan 30, 2013 at 11:06 AM

By The Record

Posted Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Updated Jan 30, 2013 at 11:06 AM

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STOCKTON – Little did California Highway Patrol officers know that in the middle of the night when they pulled over a car for having no rear license plate, the driver would turn out to be an active parolee from state prison in possession of a gun and drug paraphernalia.

The incident that began shortly after 3 a.m. included the alleged driver, Arturo Valles Cuevas, 33, fleeing the scene at Filbert Street and Waterloo Road, a foot chase leading into the back yard of a home, and the need to deploy a taser to subdue Cuevas, the CHP reported.

Cuevas, who suffered minor cuts and abrasions, was booked into County Jail on suspicion of numerous weapons charges, violation of parole, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A passenger in the Honda, Alejandro Hernandez Guzman, 26, who officers reported as cooperative throughout the incident, was also booked in jail for numerous weapons charges related to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of drug paraphernalia.